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"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
I don't think so. My impression is that the vaults were made in the Age of Myth rather than at the end of that Age and into the Age of Chaos, Sigmar retreated and thus wasn't present to construct any new vaults. It could be one of the Princes when Nagash made the city surrender to him; but I don't think its likely.
The way the "Emperor" talks makes me think Eastern dialect. Asian accent sort of. The bladed spears in the back the skeletons hold also remind me of Eastern weaponry like the guando or maybe a stylized ji.
But that could just be me.
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
I think this actually might be part of his throne. From the video it seems like he is sitting down. Perhaps it floats or it is being carried by Skeletons like an palanquin.
The Green one wrote: Could it be Ushoran? He was a general of Lahmia and Emperor of Mourkain.
He was the brother of Neferata and her spymaster, so he doesn't seem to fit.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
hotsauceman1 wrote: supposedly cities give this army their dead as a sort of "Tithe" to avoid the armies of the dead ransacking their homes.
Apparently, ogors do it to.
It also sounds like the "Tithe" is designed to harvest from cities with a low quality of life for the masses. Harvesting large numbers of the dead from them.
At the same time any modernized and powerful city with a higher quality of life; and thus a reduced mortality, might well find itself being targeted for invasion under the guise of not offering enough in their Tithe.
A neat way to promote lower standards of living and a high mortality rate within big living urban environments; whilst also not wiping them all out. Indeed the poorer cities imght even consider it a good thing that this force comes to take away the dead. Meanwhile any more powerful settlements are kept in check by the continual threat of invasion if not enough die.
hotsauceman1 wrote: supposedly cities give this army their dead as a sort of "Tithe" to avoid the armies of the dead ransacking their homes.
Apparently, ogors do it to.
It also sounds like the "Tithe" is designed to harvest from cities with a low quality of life for the masses. Harvesting large numbers of the dead from them.
At the same time any modernized and powerful city with a higher quality of life; and thus a reduced mortality, might well find itself being targeted for invasion under the guise of not offering enough in their Tithe.
A neat way to promote lower standards of living and a high mortality rate within big living urban environments; whilst also not wiping them all out. Indeed the poorer cities imght even consider it a good thing that this force comes to take away the dead. Meanwhile any more powerful settlements are kept in check by the continual threat of invasion if not enough die.
If you are a dead immortal ruler of the dead you don't really care for riches but rather remains to bolster your army to do your bidding for whatever goal(s) takes fancy.
Also, it certainly helps keeping fun uncle Nagash happy to some degree.
If you are a dead immortal ruler of the dead you don't really care for riches but rather remains to bolster your army to do your bidding for whatever goal(s) takes fancy.
Also, it certainly helps keeping fun uncle Nagash happy to some degree.
Depends - Neferata does enjoy them - she likes luxury and the trappings of wealth as do quite a few vampires, Nagash does like souls as tribute - after all he considers them all his.
Quite interesting having someone take tribute with the dead, building a larger army - whole new form of danegeld
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"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
hotsauceman1 wrote: supposedly cities give this army their dead as a sort of "Tithe" to avoid the armies of the dead ransacking their homes.
Apparently, ogors do it to.
It also sounds like the "Tithe" is designed to harvest from cities with a low quality of life for the masses. Harvesting large numbers of the dead from them.
At the same time any modernized and powerful city with a higher quality of life; and thus a reduced mortality, might well find itself being targeted for invasion under the guise of not offering enough in their Tithe.
A neat way to promote lower standards of living and a high mortality rate within big living urban environments; whilst also not wiping them all out. Indeed the poorer cities imght even consider it a good thing that this force comes to take away the dead. Meanwhile any more powerful settlements are kept in check by the continual threat of invasion if not enough die.
If you are a dead immortal ruler of the dead you don't really care for riches but rather remains to bolster your army to do your bidding for whatever goal(s) takes fancy.
Also, it certainly helps keeping fun uncle Nagash happy to some degree.
Some of the dead care for riches still That said my point was more that richer/better cities are going to have a lower death rate and a higher standard of general living; whilst poorer (weaker) cities will have lower general standards of living and thus have more fall death to plague, sickness and starvation. So in theory a weaker city can provide more Tithe than a stronger one; which means the hoard is encouraged to leach the dead from the weak whilst destroy/crush the strong.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Liking the aesthetic, seems kind of Egyptian/Asian/it’s own thing. They’ve been doing well with creating new armies which play on the old, looking forward to seeing what this one has in store.
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